Our client is an established enterprise modernizing their Azure cloud infrastructure to support a growing portfolio of SaaS and microservices-based solutions. They are seeking a contract-based Senior Azure Platform Engineer to take a hands-on role building and operationalizing scalable, secure cloud environments, working closely with teams across infrastructure, DevOps, networking, security, and application development.
This position is onsite 4 days a week in Houston, TX.
Responsibilities
- Provision and support Azure platform services and cloud infrastructure in live production environments
- Establish and operationalize Azure governance frameworks and policy controls
- Develop and maintain IaC deployments using Terraform and Terraform Cloud
- Build and support automated CI/CD pipelines across Azure DevOps and GitHub
- Participate in technical design reviews and contribute engineering recommendations
- Design and implement Azure networking and security controls in collaboration with networking and security stakeholders
- Produce operational documentation, deployment procedures, and engineering runbooks
- Diagnose and resolve issues across Azure platform services and deployed environments
- Partner with internal infrastructure teams to advance Azure cloud engineering maturity and operational standards
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in cloud, platform, or infrastructure engineering roles
- Deep hands-on Azure engineering experience in production environments
- Solid experience with Azure PaaS services and cloud-native platforms, including container hosting, traffic management, virtual networking, private connectivity, Key Vault, Managed Identities, storage, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Policy, and Log Analytics/Azure Monitor
- Strong Terraform and IaC experience
- Hands-on experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines
- Experience implementing secure-by-design Azure infrastructure and governance practices
- Strong understanding of Azure networking and connectivity concepts
- Experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub
- AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400, or Terraform Associate certification a plus
Do not apply unless you are authorized to work in the United States for any employer as client company cannot sponsor or transfer visas at this time.
Walker Elliott is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For additional information, please email your resume to [email protected] or apply online.